Every Race Tells a Tale.áI was surprised by the failures of both the fillies I was hoping to learn from yesterday (see the previous posting). La Etoile was cluttered away and it was an odd ride, whilst Marveen simply didn't look to get the 1600 metres. So much for the 2400 we were thinking about!Ortensia,on the other hand, overcame a bad draw to destroy her field of good mares and fillies. Now there's a classy beast.La Etoile's run has to be forgotten. No point in analysis, she was never going t
Every Race Tells a Tale.
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I was surprised by the failures of both the fillies I was hoping to learn from yesterday (see the previous posting). La Etoile was cluttered away and it was an odd ride, whilst Marveen simply didn't look to get the 1600 metres. So much for the 2400 we were thinking about!
Ortensia,on the other hand, overcame a bad draw to destroy her field of good mares and fillies. Now there's a classy beast.
La Etoile's run has to be forgotten. No point in analysis, she was never going to get a fair go. That's the talk around the traps this morning. Well I don't know about you but I learnt very little. The same goes for Marveen, who wasn't unlucky, just not good enough.
However, I did glean something there.
Maybe she isn't good enough.
If that's the case, and remembering she beat La Etoile last start, I'll tread very carefully. My heart says go on in and back La Etoile next run. My head says not to, as there are now two strikes against her: Marveen beat her and Marveen may not be top of the heap.
Meanwhile, Miss Darcey (third to the other two a fortnight back) was cruising home behind Scenic Shot and company in the Cup.
And we know she gets the Derby/Oaks trip.
If I learnt much from yesterday's female contingent, it is this:
1. Miss Darcey provided the most positive staying clue.
2. Ortensia is head and shoulders above most of the sprinting females in town.
Perhaps those two pieces of education will stand me in good stead for a couple of winners, while my hesitance about two other fillies might save me money. We'll see.
And one of my very most favourite lessons follows from this:
1. Be prepared to NOT back a horse if you have doubts; and to wear the chagrin if it wins.
Let me toss in one more bit of learning from Saturday. Call this slow learning for some. I took 25/1 Solo Flyer in the Doncaster. At the 150 metres mark I was counting my winnings. He ran nowhere. This followed failures in the Guineas and the Derby much earlier. I did not back him yesterday. Now he has faded again at the end of a mile. That makes at least four clear statements of his ability range.
Does anyone need any more evidence?
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